The strong position of the Volvo FM within the regional distribution segment is further strengthened with the release of a new version of this well-proven truck.
Engine designers working for truck manufacturers now need to roll up their sleeves.
With the addition of two new Volvo FH-460’s, Denbighshire-based, Williams Haulage Ltd’s decision to purchase Volvo trucks is already starting to pay off.
Volvo Truck deliveries for January 2010 were down 31% compared with January 2009, but were impacted by extra stop days in production over the Christmas/New Year period in Europe and North America.
When Volvo Trucks launched the world’s strongest series-manufactured truck, the Volvo FH16-700, Tore Aase of Norway quickly placed an order and became the first customer in the world to take delivery of the brand-new model.
In recent months Volvo Trucks has seen positive signs of increased demand from its customers, albeit from a very low level, but now thanks to a successful reduction in the new truck inventory, the production of new vehicles will now be increased.
In February, Volvo Trucks will be starting field tests of methane-diesel engines in commercial operation together with a number of Swedish customers.
Volvo Trucks has been selected as a preferred supplier to global logistics company Deutsche Post DHL. The two companies have entered a frame agreement, which potentially includes the delivery of 1,800 trucks over the next two years.
Deliveries in the month of November were down 59% compared to the year-earlier period.
Volvo Trucks will be the first manufacturer with an efficient diesel engine fuelled by a mixture of methane gas and diesel to meet the strict Euro-5 exhaust emission standards introduced in 2009. Field testing will start in Sweden and the UK in 2010.